"I would aswell like to acknowledge the teams of Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Affiliated Arab Emirates and Yemen for accommodating in this tournament. The adherence and accord apparent by all illustrates already afresh the adeptness of football to FIFA Coins affiliate humans aloft borders. To accept all eight teams accommodating in Kuwait sends a actual able bulletin to the world,” he concluded.

The antagonism is contested by the eight associates of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation, namely: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen. The teams are disconnected into two groups of four. em Accumulation A: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, OmanGroup B: Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Iraq em Teams play one accession aural their accumulation already for a absolute of 3 accumulation date matches per team. The two teams that top their corresponding groups authorize for the semi-finals which will be played on 2 January.

The affray concludes with the Final on 5 January 2018. Affray historyThe aboriginal copy of the affray dates aback to 1970. With Kuwait accomplished the all-embracing standings with ten titles, they are followed by Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Qatar, all accepting triumphed three times. Qatar won the latest copy in 2014, acquisition affray hosts Saudi Arabia in the final. StadiaThe 15 matches will be hosted at two stadiums, both amidst in the host city: Jaber All-embracing Amphitheater (63,000 capacity) and Kuwait Amphitheater (16,000 capacity).The adolescent stars of 2017.